Venus on the Half Shell - Philip Jose Farmer
Titan Trade paperback ISBN 978-1781-16306-1
comments by CR:
Venus on the Half-Shell - Philip Jose Farmer [0764 - 2017-11-20]
Kilgore Trout is an imaginary science fiction author who is featured in many of the novels written by Kurt Vonnegut. The inventive science-fiction writer Phil Farmer wrote the novel "Venus on the Half-Shell" with Mr. Vonnegut reluctant concurrence and sold it as by Kilgore Trout. This resulted in a minor tempest in the professional SF community and a measure of haughty self-satisfaction by author Farmer. I say good for him and congrats since achieving any measure " haughty self-satisfaction" over ones peers is a goal I am still trying to achieve.
This reader not having read any of Mr. Vonnegut's esteemed books found my enjoyment of Farmer/Trout parody severely truncated. Much of the story involves flatulence and alien beings sexual hijinks or lack thereof- a pungent mixture indeed.
Venus on the Half Shell - Philip Jose Farmer
Titan Trade paperback ISBN 978-1781-16306-1
comments by CR:
Venus on the Half-Shell - Philip Jose Farmer [0764 - 2017-11-20]
Kilgore Trout is an imaginary science fiction author who is featured in many of the novels written by Kurt Vonnegut. The inventive science-fiction writer Phil Farmer wrote the novel "Venus on the Half-Shell" with Mr. Vonnegut reluctant concurrence and sold it as by Kilgore Trout. This resulted in a minor tempest in the professional SF community and a measure of haughty self-satisfaction by author Farmer. I say good for him and congrats since achieving any measure " haughty self-satisfaction" over ones peers is a goal I am still trying to achieve.
This reader not having read any of Mr. Vonnegut's esteemed books found my enjoyment of Farmer/Trout parody severely truncated. Much of the story involves flatulence and alien beings sexual hijinks or lack thereof- a pungent mixture indeed.